As more young people experience online learning, and as online education becomes more sophisticated, young people's learning experience becomes more translatable into a work context. Given the benefits that online courses and virtual world e-learning provides students, more and more schools have been integrating advanced technology and e-learning supplementation into their curricula.
Therefore, more and more young people are graduating high school prepared not only for further education, but also for a highly
competitive job market that prizes ICT skills above many other skills.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Post-Recession Blues: How to Kill them
Unemployment is highly stressful and emotionally exhausting, but it can also be an opportunity to reflect on your skills and long-term goals, and take action. If you are unemployed, you might take this time to build on your skills and expand your marketability.
Especially for women, further education helps while seeking employment to fight the gender disparity that remains an active element in the work force. For many women either working, raising children, or seeking employment, an online program is not only the most attractive option, but the only feasible one.
Surprisingly, many women are finding post-recession time to be the most difficult financially. During the recession, men lost more jobs than women overall. However, now that the recession is over, and we are supposedly enjoying an economic recovery, women are losing more jobs. Why is this the case? Part of the reason is government funding—state money has been quickly running out. Government payrolls are shrinking, programs are being cut, and jobs are being eliminated left and right.
The increasingly financially crippling expenses of brick and mortar university education is enough to make anyone seek alternatives, but especially those with mouths to feed, bills to pay, etc.The low cost combined with the flexibility of LMS online courses make it the fastest-growing learning method in the world.
See Related Post: Post-Recession Unemployment and LMS Education
Especially for women, further education helps while seeking employment to fight the gender disparity that remains an active element in the work force. For many women either working, raising children, or seeking employment, an online program is not only the most attractive option, but the only feasible one.
Surprisingly, many women are finding post-recession time to be the most difficult financially. During the recession, men lost more jobs than women overall. However, now that the recession is over, and we are supposedly enjoying an economic recovery, women are losing more jobs. Why is this the case? Part of the reason is government funding—state money has been quickly running out. Government payrolls are shrinking, programs are being cut, and jobs are being eliminated left and right.
The increasingly financially crippling expenses of brick and mortar university education is enough to make anyone seek alternatives, but especially those with mouths to feed, bills to pay, etc.The low cost combined with the flexibility of LMS online courses make it the fastest-growing learning method in the world.
See Related Post: Post-Recession Unemployment and LMS Education
Friday, December 17, 2010
Harnessing soft skills in LMS online training
Many organizations suffer the consequences of poor training in the simple procedures of soft skills.
An organization's success depends not only on hard technical skills, but its members' ability to work together effectively. Success can be jeopardized by factors such as inter-staff politics, personal agendas, lack of energy and commitment to organizational goals, and poor communication.
How can your organization avoid these dangers and achieve actionable outcomes with LMS online training?
The purpose of any kind of training is the acquisition of skills. So what kind of skills are teachable? What skills can you expect to nurture in online training? The truth is that all skills, both soft and hard, are teachable--and critical to an organization's success.
Soft skills, or "people skills," are utilized in both professional and personal life, and include all the procedures involved in effective communication. These include listening, engaging in dialogue, providing feedback, functioning in a team setting, resolving issues and conflicts, and contributing in staff meetings.
See Related Post: How to Train the People behind the Skills
An organization's success depends not only on hard technical skills, but its members' ability to work together effectively. Success can be jeopardized by factors such as inter-staff politics, personal agendas, lack of energy and commitment to organizational goals, and poor communication.
How can your organization avoid these dangers and achieve actionable outcomes with LMS online training?
The purpose of any kind of training is the acquisition of skills. So what kind of skills are teachable? What skills can you expect to nurture in online training? The truth is that all skills, both soft and hard, are teachable--and critical to an organization's success.
Soft skills, or "people skills," are utilized in both professional and personal life, and include all the procedures involved in effective communication. These include listening, engaging in dialogue, providing feedback, functioning in a team setting, resolving issues and conflicts, and contributing in staff meetings.
See Related Post: How to Train the People behind the Skills
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Are the results real and Measurable in Online Training Courses?
One of the big issues around online training is perception that measuring and monitoring the effectiveness and substantive results of this training can be elusive.
In other words, turning the training into an actionable outcome is the difference between a pretty screen that your learners will stare at, and a meaningful translation of what they just learned into accountable result.
So as important as it is to develop a great online training course, it is just as important to develop an evaluation methodology to measure the impact of the training. This and effectively interacting with your learner in your online training course are important element.
See Related Post: Online training and actionable outcome and result
In other words, turning the training into an actionable outcome is the difference between a pretty screen that your learners will stare at, and a meaningful translation of what they just learned into accountable result.
So as important as it is to develop a great online training course, it is just as important to develop an evaluation methodology to measure the impact of the training. This and effectively interacting with your learner in your online training course are important element.
See Related Post: Online training and actionable outcome and result
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